GR: Colonialism and sexual choice

[David Morris]

With this post Doug aims for "P-list Nun" status.

>From: Doug Millison
SNIP
>rj might not, but Pynchon clearly puts together colonialism and sexual 
>"choice" (that's not a word I'd choose to disguise the ugly reality of rape 
>or sexual abuse of a boy, although you might speak of Weissmann/Blicero's 
>choice to take advantage of his status as colonial oppressor to make the 
>boy Enzian his catamite). Pynchon  went on to develop this theme of 
>sexuality in the colonial context in M&D, of course, in some depth.
>
>Interesting to note, in the passage rj keeps quoting to somehow prove that 
>Enzian is the instigator of the sexual relationship with Weissmann/Blicero 
>(who wouldn't be there in Africa in the first place except for the colonial 
>relationship which Pynchon has characterized in the passage above; there's 
>no possibility of a loving or sexual relationship between Enzian and 
>Weissman/Blicero absent the power and sexual dynamics of the colonial 
>situation that Pynchon depicts),

Enzian's existence is dependent on "colonial relationship."  His mother, 
like Leni, was a whore.  Slothrop got a free ride w/ Leni.  Tchitcherine's 
father also got a free ride.  Both men were rebels, AWOL.  Were they 
colonial?  Nope.  They were simple men.

That Enzian loved Weissmann is one of the least ambiguous facts in GR.

We all constuct our valued frameworks for GR.  Try to leave your own at the 
door and just READ!  I know, it's impossibe....

DM


Pynchon calls Enzian a "boy" three times SNIP
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